Dragline device for toys



J. BIRRELL DRAGLINE DEVICE FOR TOYS April 9, 1935.

Filed Jan. 19, 1954 Patented A pr. 91,1935 i t 7 1. 9 .2 5 DRAGLINEDEVICE: FOR ToYs JOhnBirreuMar hfieIa, Wis. Application immy. 19, 1934Serial Nor-7 L331 v V 1 teams. (01; 46-548) V F This inventionappertains" to a; noveldragline Figure'3 is a horizontalsectiontakenondevice and-more particularly to a 'novel means line 3'3 of Figure 2looking in the 'directio'nof for attaching-a pull cordor line to toyvehicles, the arrows, showingthelinkage in full. lines i'n a either oftheland or watervariety. raised position, but prior to the pulling".oafigthe '5 One of the primary objectsof-my invention is vehicle, andshowing the linkage indotted'lines 5 to providea novel draglinefortoy-vehicles whereduringthe pulling. of the vehicle, the view iHUS-r bythe toy can be pulled alongfby the side of a trating the novel keelconstruction. ":1 1-,,1 child and made to assume a parallel path forwardFigure 4 is a horizontal section throughthe keel or backward to the pathtaken by the child, or a of the boat illustrating. the novelconstruction circular'path-if the child stands still Another: salientobject of my invention is to Figure 2,1ooking'in the'direction of thearrows: provide a linkage structure secured to the side of Figure 5 is aside elevation of a wheeledrtoy the vehicle for receiving a pulloo'rd,the linkage showing my improved dragline connected there-. assuming theform of a trapezium or-trapezoid with. I

in conjunction with the vehicle when a pull: is Figure 6 is adiagrammatic view illustrating a 1-5 exerted thereon, whereby thecombined forces expreferred arrangementbf the wheelson the .toy erted bythe cord on the vehicle will cause the orother vehicle. vehicle toassume a straight path forward, .irre- Referring to the drawing indetail, .wherei spective of'the fact that thepull on the cord is similarreference characters designatethecorrethereof, the view being taken onthe line .4-'-4. of: 1 0

from the'side of the vehicle insteadof from the spending partsthroughout the-several views,-,the 0 front [or rear. g I A furtherobject of my invention isto'provide novel dragline therefor. novel meansfor attaching-the linkage-to the ve-' The boat A embodies a hull H!which ean-fbe hiole and the D1111 00rd to the g bw l of any desired sizeand character supporting the vehicle can either be pulled forwardly orupper structure: [1, which can also beaof any arwa d y in a st a t pathatt ption of desired typev The hull It includes the depending the child.7 t v I centrally disposed' keel l2 which is constructed in A furtherobject of my invention is the pronov l a n r, I g vision of novel meansfor constructing the keel The-keel l2 gradually tapers toward itsfilower7 of a y boat 1188 With y novel linkage d end and the leadingiandtrailing edges thereof are p rd. theleodins a d trailing de s t double"bevelled. .Thus, by referring to; Figures keel being provided with adouble'bevel to-insure 2 and 3, it can be seen that a bevel l3is-forme'd a direct Cours of the boat and p the tp on one side of thekeel from its top and" this bevel p ndioul r against Wav t r n ke lterminates short of the lower end of theykeel. acting to aid the linkageandcordin keeping the The opposite side of the keel adjacent -.;.to itsto boat i dire t p ssu -a ain t th wa er. Q; lowerend is provided withan oppositelydirected A still fur h r object of my i v n i n is to prbevel l4. These two bevels I3and l4 tend tohold v a novel dragline foryve ioles qfthe above theboat perpendicular in the water against wave,character, which will be durable and .e'flicient'in wind and currentaction, and aid the dragline'B letter A generally indicates a toy'boatand B my us n that w be simple and asy to manuin pulling the boatforward in a straight pathby facture and one wh a pl ed pon th the sideof a child. The keell2 adjacent to its market at a reasonable cost.lowerend may haveweights l5 embedded therein, With these and otherobjects in view, the in: soas'to also aid in preventing the, tippingof;the vention consists in the novel construction, ar-' b at, v w I Irangement and formation of parts, as will be herel My improved drag edevice B includes l inaftermore specifically described; claimed andlinkage arrangementnovellinkagemar illustrated in" the accompanyingdrawing, in, rangement consists of a bail N5 of a substantially which:U-shape- ,.Thus,the bailslG includesga. straight Figure "1 isa sideelevation of a toy boat showing parallel rod or wire. I! and in-turnedangularly. my improved dragline device connected thereextending legs orarms l8, which terminate in eyes m with. or hooks I9. The keel ll of theboat is provided 7 Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevation of the withscrew eyes 20 at spaced points and the eyes toy boat showing my improveddragline device 19 and 20 are directly connected or connected by 7connected therewith, the linkage and dragline bemeansof links 2|, whichare preferably in the ing shown in its extended position. nature ofswivels.

tween the eyes 20, so that the device normallyassume's'substant'iallythe form of a trapezoid or trapezium when linksor swivels are used.

In the use of my improved device, the boat A is I placed in the waterand apull is exerted on the cord 22. Due to the links 2!, therod orwire, ll will be pulled forwardly at an angle and made to assume theform of a trapezoid or trapezium (when the links or swivels are used) inconjunction with the keel. The arrangement of the links orswivels andthe rod I! being shorter than the distancebetween the connectionsorey'es 26 throws the boat over the. centerofiits horizontal plane, fwhich drives it outwardly. against-the pull of the cord,"wherebytheboat'will assume a straight, forward path. Obviously, theboat can be pulled backwards by merely exerting a, rearward'pull on thecord.

- Naturally, I do not wish to confine use of my' improved toy dragline'device to boats alone and the same can be employed in conjunction withwheeled toys. 1 In Figure 5. I have illustrated my dragline deviceconnected with a wheeled toy C, which can be ofany.desired-character,-shape or size. I In this form-of my invention,the dragline device is generallyindicatedby .the reference character Dand the-same includesathe U.-shaped bail 25, including the rod 26 andthe right-angularly extending arms or legs 21, which terminate intheeyes or hooksl28. Secured to the body of the wheeled toy areeyes29lwhich are connected directlyto thehooks 28 or by means oflinks-30 to the hooks 28. In this form of my invention, the dragline isalso connected to the vehicle at two pointsequidistantly spaced onopposite sides;of thevertical axis,'the same two points being below thecenter of gravity and parallel with the horizontal axis. 7 1

In lieu of using the swivels 2|, I can employ the straight links 30, asshown in-Figure 5.

The pull cord 3| is connected to the rod 28 by means of the swivel 32.

By pulling on the cord, the wheeled toy can be pulled in astraight,forward path,-in. the same manner as theboat. r

. In order to bring about the best-operation. of the wheeled vehicleor'toy, the front wheels 33 thereof .are inclined outwardly toward oneside of thevehicle and the rear wheels 34 are inclined inwardly towardthe other side of the vehicle.

While I have stated throughout the" specification that my improveddragline device is'particu-. larly intended for toys, I do not wish torestrict myself to the use thereof in connection with toys alone, as thesame canbe' used for a varietyof purposes, such as in connectionwith'surf-boards, decoy ducks or differentvarieties of fishing tackle orany otherdevice with which a d'ragline may beusedpr Changes in detailsmay be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of thisinvention, but what I claim as new is:-

1. In a toy vehicle including a body, a dragline therefor including arod, a pull cord connected with the rod, and links pivotally connectingthe ends of the rod with the body.

2. In a toy vehicle including a body, a dragline for the vehicleincluding a rod extending parallel with the body, links pivotallyconnecting the ends of the rod with the body, a pull cord and an eyeslidably connecting the pull cord with the rod.

3. The combination with a toy vehicle including' a body, of means forpulling the vehicle forward or rearward in a straight path alongside ofa child including a rod, links pivotally connecting the'rod at spacedpoints to the body, a swivel slidably mounted on the rod, and a pullcord connected to the swivel.

4. The combination with a toy vehicle including a body, of means forpulling the vehicle forward or rearward in a straight path alongside of,a child including a bail having a straight rod and right-angularlyextending arms terminatin in eyes, eyes connected to the body, swivelsconnecting the eyes of the body with the eyes of the bail, a swivelslidably mounted on the bail, and a pull cord connected tothe swivel.

5 A boat comprising a hull and a depending keel, the forward leadingedge of the keel being provided with a bevel on one side extending fromtheupper endof the keel, short of the bottom of the keel, and Janoppositely directedbevel formed on the other side of the keel adjacentto its lower end. l v

6. The combination with a toy boat including a depending keel having itsleading and trailing edges providedwith a bevel on one side thereofextending from its top short of its bottom, and an.

oppositely directed .bevel'onits other side adjacent tothe lower endthereof, of .a. .dragline for the boat including a U-shaped bail, linkspivotally connecting. the ends of. the bail to the keel, anda pull cordslidablymountedon the bail.

'7. The combination with a toy vehicle including a body, of a wdraglinetherefor including a rod, means pivotally connecting the ends of the rodwith the bodyon the opposite sides of the vertical axis of the body andparallel with the horizontal axis of the body, and ,a pull cord slidablyconnected to; the rod.

8. The combination with a vehicle including a body and front and rearpairs of wheels onthe body, the front wheels being inclined in onedirection and the *rear wheels being inclined in an opposite direction,of a dragline for the vehicle including a rod, means pivotallyconnecting the ends of the rod with the body, and a pull cord slidablymounted on the rod.

9. A boat comprising a body and a depending keel, the keel having a flatplain face on one side and bevelled edges on the opposite side leadingtoward said flat plain face, and a dragline for the boat including abail pivotally connected to thekeel on the side having the bevel, and apull cord slidably mounted on the bail. I

JOHN BIRRELL.

